PERSON: John Seigenthaler

Anchor

Al Jazeera America

John Michael Seigenthaler (born December 21, 1955) is an American news anchor for Al Jazeera America. He formerly was an anchor and correspondent who worked for both NBC and MSNBC. He is the son of the newspaper journalist John Lawrence Seigenthaler. He is best known for his 8-year tenure as weekend anchor of NBC Nightly News. As of July 2008, Seigenthaler joined his family company Seigenthaler Public Relations, but will continue to be based in New York.[1] On July, 8th 2013 it was announced he had joined Al Jazeera America as their evening news anchor.

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